
The Quad XP-581 from Elenco provides four separate, fully regulated power supplies. Three are fixed and yield +5 VDC at 3 amps, -12 VDC at 1 amp, or +12 VDC at 1 amp. The fourth supply is variable, producing 2.5 to 20 volts of DC output at up to 2 amps. Line and output voltages are regulated to within 0.05 volts, and the supply is linear. All four supplies are shortproof as well. A current foldback circuit in each supply collapses the field in the event of a short, a current surge from the line, or an excessive current demand. Thus, both the Quad XP-580 and the equipment it's driving are normally protected from inadvertent errors or power company problems. Elenco built the supply as only Elenco will. The handsome, hooded metal case, - measuring 3-1/4" x 8-1/4" x 9-1/4" and weighing nine pounds - has a 3-wire grounded power cord for 115 VAC operation, panel meters for both current and voltage, and standard jacks for accessing the four regulated supplies. A two-year limited warranty and schematic is also included.
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5116 QUAD POWER SUPPLY |
Itty bitty 1/4 W lamp with a 3/16" screw base. 1/2" long overall it needs 160ma @ 2.5 V. It has a clear glass envelope that collimates the light at the end for greater intensity when viewed end on.
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29994 LAMP, T-5.5 |
Or antenna splitter if you prefer. Hook the standard flat 300 Ohm lead from your UHF, VHF, FM antenna to one side of this box and (2) identical leads to the other side. Each of the (2) output leads can connect to a different TV input connection. Thus you will couple (2) TV's to a single antenna. 2" x 2-3/4" x 1-1/4".
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25595 COUPLER, 2 SET |
A large book with (8) full-color posters of kiddie faves the Toxic Crusaders. Take them out of the book and plaster your bedroom or toy room with them. But not until you read the exciting story on the back of each poster! They'd cost you $7 at retail!
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29319 TOXIC CRUSADER POSTERS |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A good basic kit with everything you need to build a very simple crystal radio. This is not hi-tech hi-fi. Geared for ages eight and up, it is a complete kit with wonderfully straight forward instructions which walk the experimenter through hooking up tuning needle, crystal diode, and earphone, and experimenting to find useful antennas. Excellent education, recreation and discovery device all at the same time. A simple kit with hours of fun in it.
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88028 CRYSTAL RADIO KIT |
Your memos, drawings, signs and book reports will get the attention they deserve when you put them on our fluorescent neon paper. Sheets are 8-1/2" x 11", thicker than normal copier paper, humbly white on one side but aggressively green, orange, yellow or red on the other. Some sheets are perforated into 1/4 or 1/9 sections-for shorter memos or small signs in your deli counter. (20) assorted sheets per order.
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27744 FLUORESCENT PAPER |
Shiny brass chain of the sash persuasion. Light duty and only 1 ft long, Purchasing says it is for industrial doll houses. Over here in Editorial, we believe less and less of what Purchasing tells us. So we suggest you use it to secure the chuck key to a tool, a roll of electric tape to your belt, or someone from Purchasing to his cubicle. (They are all quite puny.)
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30257 LIGHT SASH CHAIN |
Filament tape for closing boxes and envelopes that you want to stay closed. It has fiberglass strands embedded lengthwise in it which makes it very hard to tear by accident. You get 10 yds of the stuff, 3/4" wide, in a clear plastic desk type dispenser.
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91412 STRAP TAPE W/DISP. |
Not Tempura, tempera. Color things Dark Green or Burnt Sienna (sort of dark brick red) but don't eat these 1-7/8" sq x 3/8" thick, 2 oz cakes of dry paint. From Weber-Costello, they are called "Biggie" and sell for $2.00 in the big boys' catalogs. Don't you love surplus??
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29954 B. SIENNA TEMPERA | |
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29952 D.GREEN TEMPERA |
Never seemed fair to nail the "lazy" tag so permanently on the "Susans" but that probably has no "bearing" on the issue. Also called turntable bearings, they are the square, flat ball bearing devices YOU bolt between two flat objects to achieve rotation. Like that spinning center section of a Chinese restaurant table. We had these in surplus once and they were quite popular. To our chagrin, we discovered they could be bought commercially for the same price. So we did. The 4" version is rated for a 300lb. load, the 6" for 500lbs., and the 12" (round) for 1000lbs.
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21992 LAZY SCOTT BEARING, 12" | |
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2934 LAZY SCOTT BEARING, 4" | |
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21995 LAZY SCOTT BEARING, 6" |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A trio of the best science education kits we have seen dealing with electricity, magnetism, motors and generators. The 44 page instruction booklets are educational and complete; state problem, approach and explain what is happening for a series of projects of graded difficulty. The Motor/Generator kit includes several introductory experiments on magnetism as well as six complete motor generator projects. The Electromagnet kit provides experiments including the building of an electromagnet, a doorbell chime, a telegraph, a relay and an electric catapult. The Levitation Set experiments with magnetic fields, gravity, and equilibrium; plus everything you need to build a magnetic levitation train! All are complete except for batteries. Strongly recommended for their quality, the accuracy of their science and the interest they will sustain. Ages 10-18.
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89339 ELECTROMAGNET KIT | |
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89714 MAGNET LEVITATION KIT | |
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89338 MOTOR/GENERATOR KIT |
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